RT America -- March 11, 2016

Published time: 12 Mar, 2016 03:44

US still providing Turkey with arms despite human rights violations While the US has a law that prohibits providing weapons to foreign militaries that violate human rights, that hasn’t stopped the government from providing Turkey with millions of dollars’ worth of weaponry. RT producers spoke with William Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy, about why America continues to arm Turkey amid evidence of human rights violations.

5 years on: Japan marks anniversary of tsunami, Fukushima disaster Five years after a powerful earthquake and tsunami struck the coast of Japan, causing the meltdown of three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, hundreds of thousands of citizens are still reeling from the worst natural disaster in Japan’s history. RT’s Alexey Yaroshevsky and Alex Mikhailovich have full coverage of the anniversary.